Chapter 1

...A V E R Y...

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

The sound of the alarm went off causing me to groan out in frustration and to getting out of bed for another long day of torture and pain. I headed to the bathroom to brush my teeth alongside taking a cold shower.

I skipped over different clothes in my closet, trying to find something casual, something that didn't draw much attention to me. Not having much luck, I picked blue pants and a matching blue shirt to go with them. I stood in front of the mirror. My eyes scanned over my body with a feeling of disgust. I was more on the chubby side than slim, my self-esteem, on the other hand, is low, and my confidence, well, I had none.

Guilt.

I wonder if that's why my mother and father despised me so much to give me away when I was just eight years old. Was I too fat for them not to love me? Perhaps, ugly? My adoptive parents had two beautiful daughters, twin to be exact, Summer and Winter. They were everything I could've only dreamt for, well, except for their annoying behavior and bratty attitude. Life was pretty much handed to them on a golden plate while for me it was the opposite.

I grabbed my oversized sweater and dragged on my white converse shoes before going downstairs. A sharp sudden realization as I saw how happy everyone was without me, and I, Avery, didn't want to ruin anyone's morning so, I slipped through the back door onto the main street to catch the stupid yellow school bus. After waiting some time, I saw the bus coming from the distance. Meanwhile, Summer and Winter went into their Matte Black BMW i8 car. The perks of living in a high-class family for them excluding me. I sighed in frustration as my torture had soon begun. The school bus had reached my destination but, instead of slowing down, it sped up quickly, causing me to run after it. I could see the kids on the bus laughing at my misfortune while some spilled nasty comments.

"Even my grandmother runs faster than you."

"Does she even know where the gym is at?"

"No wonder no one loves her."

"If I had a child who is like her, she would be in an adoption center by now."

Tears leaked from my eyes as I forced myself to keep up, my legs getting tired. Finally, the bus stopped. I climbed up the stairs tugging the sweater around my body protectively, shielding me from the horrors of this world. I was making my way to the back to sit when suddenly the driver sped up, causing me to trip over someone's foot and fall. I hissed in pain before quickly recovering from the incident.

"Watch where you are going, fat pig."

Everyone started to laugh, and I swallowed nervously, plugging in my earphone and blasting Billie Eilish's song, drowning out everyone and everything.

The bus had finally arrived at school; I waited for everyone to exit the bus before I do, not to draw any more unwanted attention to myself. I quickly made my way to my locker to grab my books and the necessary pieces of equipment needed for Mathematics class.

"Where's my assignment, Avery, the fat pig," the voice of the jock, Aaron asked.

I turned around and handed him the Maths assignment, which he had threatened me to do over the weekend.

"Here you go, I did it like mine, but only some of them wrong so, Mrs. Gordon does not suspect anything," he grabbed the papers from my hand as I spoke.

"At least fatty patty is smart but too ugly," he laughed and high five his friends.

Summer and Winter came in their expensive clothes and the body of models' with faces that were caked with tons of makeup. Aaron was Summer's boyfriend, and Winter was more on the gay side.

"Hey baby, I missed you," Summer said in her high-pitched squeaky voice, oblivious to the fact she was on the school compound. Not wanting to see the two lovebirds exchanging saliva, I quickly scurried off to Maths class. Praying that no one noticed me, I went to sit in the back of the classroom near the window, waiting for class to begin.

"Settle down everyone, today, we have a new transfer student, Desmond Moonlight. Please introduce yourself to the class."

My heart stopped for a quick second, he had the appearance of the main characters who were badass and he gave off the bad boy type of vibe. He was probably six feet, one inch with white hair as snow and a lean muscular body, but not too bulky. His physique screamed power, and for a second, I felt scared as his icy blue eyes met mine. I quickly averted my eyes as my cheeks flushed red.

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